Dates
|
|
Source
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28
Feb.1842
|
Birth:
Jasper
Co.,
Mo.:
near
Sarcoxie.
|
1
|
10
May
1907
|
Death:
Springfield,
Mo.,
of
apoplexy.
Buried
in
Maple
Park
Cemetery,
Springfield.
|
2; 3; 27
|
20
Apr.1869
|
1st
Marriage:
Jefferson
City,
Mo.,
Mary
Sydney
Smith,
b.c.
1844-45,
d.18
Feb.1875.
|
49; 31; 32; 4
|
Nov.1879
|
2nd
Marriage:
Crissie
Boone,
b.c.
1856,
d.
17
Jul.1891.
|
4; 50; 25
|
1893
|
3rd
Marriage:
Ella
Jones,
b.1874,
d.1955. |
48; 53
|
|
|
|
26
Sep.1850
|
Jasper
Co;,
Mo;:
Census:
Persons
|
Age-Sex-Birthplace |
Occupation
|
Ben.
F.
Massie
|
40-b.Md.
|
Farmer
|
Mariah
H.
Massie
|
29-F-b.Va.
|
|
Elizth.
Ellenor
Massie
|
10-F-b.Mo.
|
|
>Ben
U.
Massie
|
8-M-b.Mo.
|
|
Julian
P.
Massie
|
6-M-b.Mo.
|
|
Clarence
R.
Massie
|
4-M-b.Mo.
|
|
Logan
S.
Massie
|
2-M-b.Mo.
|
|
Frank
R.
Massie
|
5/12-M-b.Mo.
|
|
Sarah
L.
|
23-F-b.Va
|
|
|
32
|
1856-1861
|
Jefferson
City,
Cole
Co.,
Mo.:
He
attended
a
private
school
in
Jefferson
City,
run by Professors Berch and Shomaker, preparing himself to enter the
State University.
|
37
|
7
Jul.1860
|
Jefferson
City,
Cole
Co.,
Mo.:
Census:
Persons
|
Age-Sex-Birthplace
|
Occupation
|
Benj.
F.
Massey
|
49-m-b.Md.
|
Secy
of
State
|
M.
H.
Massey
|
38-f-b.Va.
|
|
Nina
E.
Massey
|
20-f-b.Mo.
|
Dom.
|
>B.U.
Massey
|
18-m-b.Mo.
|
Clerk
|
J.P.
Massey
|
16-m-b.Mo.
|
Student
|
C.R.
Massey
|
14-m-b.Mo.
|
|
L.S.
Massey
|
12-m-b.Mo.
|
|
F.R.
Massey
|
10-m-b.Mo.
|
|
S.W.
Massey
|
8-m-b.Mo.
|
|
Eliza
Massey
|
6-f-b.Mo.
|
|
Mariah
Massey
|
4-f-b.Mo.
|
|
Robt.
D.
Massey
|
2-m-b.Mo.
|
|
|
8
|
12
Jun.1861
|
Jefferson
City,
Mo.:
Benjamin
U.
Massey,
Chief
Clerk
to
his
Secretary
of
State
father, B.F. Massey, helped pack up his father's records, including
the State Seal, took them to Boonville.
|
5
|
30
Jul.1861
|
Jefferson
City,
Mo.:
The
elected
Missouri
State
administration,
including
Governor
Claiborne
F.
Jackson,
and Secretary of State Benjamin F.
Massey, was ousted from the office by the Gamble Convention.
|
4
|
1861-1862
|
Des
Arc,
Ark.:
The
fugitive
Rebel
State
government
authorized
a
$10
million
Bond
issue to help pay for the War. Acting as his father's Chief
Clerk, it was Ben. U. Massey's duty to affix his father's signature and
the State Seal to these bonds.
|
5; 37
|
1862-1864
|
Benjamin
U.
Massey
accompanied
the
Rebel
State
Government
on
its
flight
through
the
South throughout the War.
|
|
1864-1865
|
efferson
City,
Mo.:
During
the
closing
days
of
the
War,
and
just
after, B.U.
Massey read Law in the office of Judge E.L. Edwards.
|
3; 37
|
1865
|
Springfield,
Mo.:
B.U.
Massey
entered
the
Law
firm
headed
by
John
S. Phelps and
Charles B. McAfee. Phelps became Governor of Missouri in
1875. McAfee became Criminal Court Judge of Greene Co., Mo.
|
2; 37
|
18
Jul.1867
|
Greene
Co.,
Mo.:
B.U.
Massey
was
admitted
to
the
Bar
in
Greene County Circuit
Court.
|
2; 37
|
1869
|
Springfield,
Mo.:
B.U.
Massey
became
Senior
Partner
in
the
Law
firm
of Massey,
McAfee & Phelps.
|
2
|
14
Jun.1870
|
Springfield,
Greene
Co.,
Mo.:
1870
Census:
Persons
|
Age-Sex-Birthplace
|
Occupation
|
Benjamin
Massey
|
28-M-b.Mo.
|
Lawyer
|
Sidney
Massey
|
25-F-b.Mo.
|
Keeping
House
|
James
French
|
39-M-b.N.Y.
|
Gardener
|
Louisa
French
|
39-F-b.Mo.
|
Keeping
House
|
|
30
|
1873
|
Springfield,
Mo.:
B.U.
Massey
served
as
City
Councilman.
|
14
|
15
Feb.1875
|
Springfield,
Mo.:
Benjamin
Franklin
Massey,
in
a
letter
to
his
friend,
Dr.
J.F.
Snyder, writes:
"The second [child] we
used to call Ulpian, they now call him Ben, is with Phelps at
Springfield, and has been since the commencement of 1866."
|
|
51
|
1878
|
Springfield,
Mo.:
His
listing
in
the
City
Directory
reads:
"B.U. Massey, (Massey
& McAfee, attys. at Law) res. same."
|
|
13
|
8
Jun.1880
|
Springfield,
Greene
Co.,
Mo.:
1880
Census:
Persons
|
Age-Sex-Birthplace
|
Occupation
|
Other
|
Benj.
Massey
|
36-M-b.Mo.
|
Lawyer
|
Father:
b.Md;
Mother:
B.Va.
|
Crissie
Massey
|
24-F-b.Mo.
|
Wife
-
Keeping
House
|
Father:
b.Ark;
Mother:
b.Va.
|
Minor
Massey
|
7-M-b.Mo.
|
Son
|
|
|
12
|
1881
|
Springfield,
Mo.:
City
Directory
listing:
B.U. Massey - Massey
& McAfee, attys. at Law, City Hall - res. 504 W. Walnut.
|
F.R. Massey - Dyer,
Massey & McCann, 228 South - res. 209 Mt. Vernon.
|
|
15
|
1884
|
Springfield,
Mo.:
City
Directory
listing:
B.U. Massey (Massey &
McAfee) r. 502 W. Walnut
|
Massey & McAfee (B.U.
& C.B.) attys City Hall room 3.
|
|
16
|
1888-1889
|
Springfield,
Mo.:
City
Directory
listing:
Benjamin U. Massey (Massey
& McAfee, 308 South) r. NS Walnut near National Blvd.
|
Minor Massey, clk Rogers
& Baldwin Hdw. Co., r. E. Walnut East of Boulevard
|
|
17
|
1890-1891
|
Springfield,
Mo.:
City
Directory:
Benj.
U.
Massey,
lawyer,
13
Baker
block.
r.
East
Walnut,
City
Limits
|
|
18
|
1892-1893
|
Springfield,
Mo.:
City
Directory:
Benjamin
U.
Massey,
lawyer,
13
Baker
blk.
r. Walnut N. W. cor Kickapoo Ave.
|
|
19
|
1894-1895
|
Springfield,
Mo.:
City
Directory:
Benjamin
U.
Massey,
lawyer,
13
Baker
blk. r. 486 East Walnut.
|
B.
Minor
Massey,
r.
486
East
Walnut
|
|
20
|
1899-1900
|
Springfield,
Mo.:
City
Directory:
Benj.
U.
Massey
(Massey
&
Tatlow)
r.
239
S
Dollison
|
B.
Minor
Massey,
atty,
r.
239
S.
Dollison
|
|
21
|
1901
|
Springfield,
Mo.:
City
Directory:
Benj.
U.
Massey
(Massey
&
Jones)
r.
624
St.
Louis
|
|
21
|
1905
|
Springfield,
Greene
Co.,
Mo.:
City
Directory:
Ben
U.
Massey
(Massey
&
Schmook)
r.
NS
Cherry
1st
E
of
Frisco tracks
|
|
23
|
1907
|
Springfield,
Mo.:
City
Directory:
Benj.
U.
Massey,
attorney,
r.
1333
Cherry
|
|
24
|
10
May
1907
|
Springfield,
Mo.:
Benj.
U.
Massey
died
of
apoplexy,
intestate,
buried
in
Maple
Park
Cemetery, Springfield.
|
2; 39; 27
|
10
May
1907
|
Springfield,
Mo.:
His
obituary
reads,
in
part:
"During his law practice
he has been prominently connected with different enterprises:
| "Metropolitan Street
R.R.: Director, stock holder, attorney. |
| "Bank of
Springfield: Director. |
| "Arkansas Lead
Mines: Owner." |
|
|
37
|
|
|
|
Children
|
with
1st.
wife,
Mary
Sidney
Smith:
|
49
|
+209
|
Benjamin
Minor
Massey,
b.1873,(27)
d.1903.(3)
|
27; 3
|
315
|
Sidney
Louise
Massey,
b.[c.1875],
d.4
Mar.1875,
"infant
daughter."
|
7
|
|
|
|
Children
|
with
2nd
wife,
Crissie
Boone:
|
50
|
+M-210
|
Robert
U.
Massey,
b.[c.1881]
|
|
M-211
|
Alice
C.
Massey,
b.1885,
d.26
Jul.1907,
Springfield,,
Mo.,
unmarried.
Buried
in
Maple Park Cemetery, Springfield.
|
27; 52
|
|
|
|
Children
|
with
3rd.
wife,
Ella
Jones:
|
48
|
+M-212
|
Mildred
Massey,
b.[c.1894-1895]
|
|
+M-213
|
Hubbard
J.
Massey,
b.[c.1902],
d.1947.
|
36
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